Isn’t it possible to provide an ad supported version without tracking?

What are the origins of that law? How did it come to be enacted in the first place?

Depends, is an imaginary angle comparable to a 45 degree angle?

I think the idea is to show disapproval without actively damaging someone’s car, which could have been bought due to a variety of reasons. Also damaging the car only perpetuates waste, and since it’s already been purchased, does limited immediate financial damage to the company. The ‘fuck Elon’ sticker for example is a much better idea imho

This definitely fits the bill of ‘make the problem worse’

Love this! Any idea if it algorithms the posts based on time spent or some other metrics?

There is also sunset 🌅

There’s also a faster sense of done-ness with a phone call: the conversation is almost always over at the end of the call, whereas with something like text it can take ages because it’s so spread out.

If they’re not verifying the age, then surely a checkbox is enough?

Counterpoint: I think this is a far better form of protest because it directly targets the party being protested against with a lesser impact on everyone else. It reminds me of a transport protest (I believe it was in Japan?) where the buses were working as normal but not collecting any fares from passengers.

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Dumbledore is much better in the movies

This is a hot take I’ve never heard before

Yes that’s a good example too! (I don’t know of any language where that’s a possibility but I agree it’s similar)

The spaces are used for a reason

That’s the thing though - my hypothesis is that it’s based on what one is familiar with. There are languages/scripts where spaces don’t indicate word boundaries (e.g. Chinese), or that are rather agglutinative (e.g. Finnish), or somewhere in between (like German), or on the opposite end of the spectrum you have Hindi/Devanagari where a space and an overline marks a word. Totally understandable that it feels perhaps rot13-ish due to unfamiliarity but I would be surprised if native users of those languages share that sentiment.

German infamously has a lot of long compound words but for those who struggle with them I have a question (I’m curious and there’s no judgment here - I totally understand that it’s hard): Canyoureadthissentenceeventhoughtherearenospaces? What about Orangecatsittingonamat? If yes, is it difficult in German due to having a smaller vocabulary in a new language, or something else?

German is phonetic though - once you know how pronunciation maps to the alphabet (and certain compounds), it becomes easier to spell any new word. It’s actually why there’s no Spelling Bee in German.

When was the UK a part of the Schengen area?

I find it depends very much on where you live. Traveling within the Schengen generally involves less time due to no passport control and even less if your airport isn’t a busy one. I can usually get away with arriving 45 mins in advance (sometimes 30) and I’m out of the airport 20 minutes after touchdown.

Edit: I do agree with your thesis though.

Where are you that has no silverfish?